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Exploring the relationship between job characteristics and infection: Application of a COVID-19 job exposure matrix to SARS-CoV-2 infection data in the United Kingdom

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  • Sarah Rhodes, University of Manchester, Storbritannien
  • Sarah Beale, University College London, Storbritannien
  • Jack Wilkinson, University of Manchester, Storbritannien
  • Karin van Veldhoven, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Storbritannien
  • Ioannis Basinas, University of Manchester
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  • William Mueller, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Storbritannien
  • Karen Marieke Oude Hengel, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Holland
  • Alex Burdorf, University Medical Center Rotterdam
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  • Susan Peters, Utrecht University, Holland
  • Zara A Stokholm
  • Vivi Schlünssen
  • Henrik Kolstad
  • Anjoeka Pronk, Dutch Institution of Applied Science, Holland
  • Neil Pearce, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Storbritannien
  • Andrew Hayward, University College London, Storbritannien
  • Martie van Tongeren, University of Manchester, Storbritannien

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess whether workplace exposures as estimated via a COVID-19 job exposure matrix (JEM) are associated with SARS-CoV-2 in the UK.

METHODS: Data on 244 470 participants were available from the Office for National Statistics Coronavirus Infection Survey (CIS) and 16 801 participants from the Virus Watch Cohort, restricted to workers aged 20-64 years. Analysis used logistic regression models with SARS-CoV-2 as the dependent variable for eight individual JEM domains (number of workers, nature of contacts, contact via surfaces, indoor or outdoor location, ability to social distance, use of face covering, job insecurity, and migrant workers) with adjustment for age, sex, ethnicity, index of multiple deprivation (IMD), region, household size, urban versus rural area, and health conditions. Analyses were repeated for three time periods (i) February 2020 (Virus Watch)/April 2020 (CIS) to May 2021), (ii) June 2021 to November 2021, and (iii) December 2021 to January 2022.

RESULTS: Overall, higher risk classifications for the first six domains tended to be associated with an increased risk of infection, with little evidence of a relationship for domains relating to proportion of workers with job insecurity or migrant workers. By time there was a clear exposure-response relationship for these domains in the first period only. Results were largely consistent across the two UK cohorts.

CONCLUSIONS: An exposure-response relationship exists in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic for number of contacts, nature of contacts, contacts via surfaces, indoor or outdoor location, ability to social distance and use of face coverings. These associations appear to have diminished over time.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftScandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
Vol/bind49
Nummer3
Sider (fra-til)171-181
Antal sider11
ISSN0355-3140
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StatusUdgivet - apr. 2023

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